οὖρον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ôː.ron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈu.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈu.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈu.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈu.ron/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂worsom, from *h₂wers- (“to rain, drip”).[1] Cf. *weh₁r- (“water, liquid, milk”). Compare Latin ūrīna.
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ οὖρον tò oûron |
τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō |
τᾰ̀ οὖρᾰ tà oûra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ οὔρου toû oúrou |
τοῖν οὔροιν toîn oúroin |
τῶν οὔρων tôn oúrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ οὔρῳ tôi oúrōi |
τοῖν οὔροιν toîn oúroin |
τοῖς οὔροις toîs oúrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ οὖρον tò oûron |
τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō |
τᾰ̀ οὖρᾰ tà oûra | ||||||||||
Vocative | οὖρον oûron |
οὔρω oúrō |
οὖρᾰ oûra | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- οὐρέω (ouréō)
- οὐρήθρα (ourḗthra)
- οὐρητήρ (ourētḗr)
Descendants
- Greek: ούρο (oúro), ούρα (oúra)
Etymology 2
Perhaps related to ὄρνυμι (órnumi, “excite”)
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ οὖρον tò oûron |
τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō |
τᾰ̀ οὖρᾰ tà oûra | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ οὔρου toû oúrou |
τοῖν οὔροιν toîn oúroin |
τῶν οὔρων tôn oúrōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ οὔρῳ tôi oúrōi |
τοῖν οὔροιν toîn oúroin |
τοῖς οὔροις toîs oúrois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ οὖρον tò oûron |
τὼ οὔρω tṑ oúrō |
τᾰ̀ οὖρᾰ tà oûra | ||||||||||
Vocative | οὖρον oûron |
οὔρω oúrō |
οὖρᾰ oûra | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- οὖρον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- οὖρον in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- οὖρον in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- οὖρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- οὖρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
References
- Watkins, Calvert (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots. 2nd edition, page 100, s.v. wē-r-. →ISBN.
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